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Small Business Payments Guarantee under National

Monday, 26 August 2019, 10:47 am | New Zealand National Party

A National Government will require all government departments and government agencies to pay their contractors on time and within 30 days, National’s spokesperson for Small Business Jacqui Dean says. “Getting paid on time is a big issue for New Zealand ... More >>

National will light a regulations bonfire

Monday, 26 August 2019, 10:45 am | New Zealand National Party

A National Government will repeal 100 regulations in our first six months in Government and we will eliminate two old regulations for every new one we introduce, National’s spokesperson for Economic Development Todd McClay says. “National understands the ... More >>

More infrastructure to get New Zealand moving

Monday, 26 August 2019, 10:44 am | New Zealand National Party

National is considering new approaches to infrastructure funding and procurement as we run the ruler over our policies heading into 2020, National’s Infrastructure and Transport spokespeople Paul Goldsmith and Chris Bishop say. “We are open to ... More >>

National commits to raising superannuation to 67

Monday, 26 August 2019, 10:44 am | New Zealand National Party

A National Government will ensure superannuation remains sustainable by progressively increasing the age of entitlement from 65 to 67 starting in 2037, National’s Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “In 2017 National went into the election campaign ... More >>

Better outcomes and spending under National

Monday, 26 August 2019, 10:43 am | New Zealand National Party

National will ensure that Treasury has a greater focus on providing sound advice on the effectiveness of Government spending, identifying wasteful spending and driving higher productivity in the public sector, National’s Finance spokesperson Paul ... More >>

National reviews tax policies ahead of 2020

Monday, 26 August 2019, 10:41 am | New Zealand National Party

National is proposing a range of new tax initiatives as we run the ruler over our policies heading into 2020, National’s Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “National believes the tax system should incentivise New Zealanders into work and ... More >>

Simon Bridges - Launch of Economic Discussion Document

Monday, 26 August 2019, 10:40 am | New Zealand National Party

Thank you so much for that warm welcome. I’d like to welcome you all here today, I acknowledge everyone who’s taken the time out of their busy Monday morning to be here. I’d like to especially thank Baker Tilley Staples Rodway for hosting us ... More >>

National to rebuild confidence in the economy

Monday, 26 August 2019, 10:39 am | New Zealand National Party

National has today released its fourth Discussion Document, which focusses on the economy and outlines a range of policies that will help rebuild business confidence, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says. “National’s economic plan will focus ... More >>

Minister must patch holes in Govt’s cyber security

Sunday, 25 August 2019, 1:35 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister must take responsibility and act decisively in the wake of the unacceptable data breach at her ministry, National’s Arts Culture and Heritage spokesperson Nicky Wagner says. More >>

10-year transport budget blown on Twyford’s trains

Sunday, 25 August 2019, 11:41 am | New Zealand National Party

Documents released by Treasury reveal why vital new roads across the country are being scrapped or stalled – because Labour’s trains have swallowed up the transport budget for the next ten years, National’s Transport spokesman Chris Bishop says. More >>

Four weeks and still no leadership on Ihumātao

Sunday, 25 August 2019, 11:21 am | New Zealand National Party

It’s been a month since Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stuck her oar in Ihumātao and we still haven’t seen any leadership, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says. More >>

New Zealand’s economic engine is spluttering

Friday, 23 August 2019, 3:04 pm | New Zealand National Party

Jacinda Ardern’s Government needs to wake up and respond to collapsing business confidence, with news that business confidence in Auckland plummeted a further 25 per cent in the last quarter, National’s Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. More >>

Pike River safety exemption a dangerous precedent

Friday, 23 August 2019, 12:31 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Government’s intention to exempt the Pike River Mine re-entry team from safety laws and regulations is concerning and inappropriate, National’s Pike River Re-entry spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. More >>

Greens want to ban petrol cars from New Zealand

Friday, 23 August 2019, 10:36 am | New Zealand National Party

The Green Party has made its stance on petrol-fuelled cars very clear; not only does it want to tax people who drive them, it would outlaw them altogether if it could, National’s Transport spokesperson Chris Bishop says. More >>

More transport taxes in store for NZ motorists

Thursday, 22 August 2019, 4:39 pm | New Zealand National Party

Motorists’ back pockets aren’t safe from the Associate Transport Minister who today refused to rule out any further increases to transport taxes, National’s Associate Transport spokesperson Brett Hudson says. More >>

Government refuses inquiry into prison letter failure

Thursday, 22 August 2019, 2:56 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Government’s rejection of National’s requested inquiry into the release of inciting letters from the alleged Christchurch Mosque killer is inexcusable, National’s Justice spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. More >>

A whole term of Government with no shovels in the ground

Thursday, 22 August 2019, 12:19 pm | New Zealand National Party

The mind-boggling prospect of no new major transport projects starting in this term of Government is now very real after Phil Twyford revealed Auckland’s light rail has been delayed even further, National’s Transport spokesperson Chris Bishop says. More >>